ReMix: Mega Man 2 'Duck And Cover'

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...We now return to your regularly scheduled programming. Perhaps I shouldn't even try to take vacations - my recent hiatus from OCR led me to the beach for a single day, during which a seagull relieved itself upon my arm and I lost my only pair of glasses washing off the goo in the Atlantic Ocean. $260 and four hours later I could again see, but I'm about ready to get my eyes lasered and start an international association dedicated to the extinction of seagulls. At any rate, our new design has been live for over a week, people have had a chance to adjust to it a bit more, and we've made a couple small changes/additions here and there and will continue to do so. Meanwhile, back to the music - Mr. Salzman's last mix was a magnum opus, classic on every level. To expect every mix he makes to be as consistently singular would be unrealistic; however, this coverage of the oft-tread Mega Man 2 Flashman territory does add something new to the fraternity of mixes the original has inspired, and is still very kickin' and worthy of your love. Starting off with a funky-phat synth bass, the beat and familiar melody drop right away, so you wonder where Star's gonna take things for the rest of the four minutes. At 0'45" he pulls an orchestral string break that illustrates the type of direction the mix is headed - lots of melodic variation, including a soaring synth solo and timpani-laden symphonic original bit. At 3'23" Mr.Salzman pulls an interesting little stunt with another symphonic break that does a nice changeup before the quick organ slide conclusion. There's some well-placed modulation on the ends of notes in the synth lead lines and the mixing is on par with SS' other efforts, i.e. rock solid. Think of this as a synth-hero arrangement of Mega Man 2 that happened to invite the Warsaw Philharmonic along to the party, or something of that nature, and you'll have the right idea. You've heard some dern good quality mixes of Flash Man in different genres, with wailing guitars and electrified beats, but Star's submission is different, perhaps a little more audacious at times, and goes new places with the material. When you see the Flash Man, Duck and Cover.

― djpretzel